Manifold-check device.



F. B. JORDAN.

MANIFOLD GHEGK DBVIGE. APPLIOATION FILED name. 1910.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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F. B. JORDAN.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFEQE.

FRED 1B. JORDAN, 0F WINCHESTER, IVIASSACHUSE'ITS, ASSIGNOR TO HOTEL SECURITY CHECKING COMPANY, OF MEDFOBID, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MANIFOLD-CHECK DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1am.

Application filed. April 19, 1910. Serial No. 556,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED'B. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of WVinchester, Middlesex county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold- Oheck Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to manifold check devices and more particularly to holders for original and carbon checks or blanks for use in hotels, restaurants or other places where it is desired to keep duplicate memoranda or orders.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for carrying a set of original or guest checks or blanks, and two separate sets of carbon or duplicate checks, the difi'erent'sets of checks or blanks being so arranged that the original checks may be brought into register with either set of the carbon or duplicate checks in order to duplicate upon a check of either of the carbon sets, a memorandum or order written on the original check.

It is desirable in restaurants and hotels to audit the cigar and liquor orders, known as the bar account, separately from the kitchen orders, since these are separate and distinct departments. In check holding devices where only one set of carbon checks or blanks is provided, it is necessary to present to both the kitchen and the bar departments carbon orders of the same series so as to obtain supplies from either department. If a waiter in an effort to defraud the house, succeeds in getting supplies from the kitchen without leaving behind him the duplicate order, as sometimes happens, it is possible for him to use this carbon order over again in connection with some other customer, and he can do this with either the kitchen department or the bar department. If the carbon order as originally filled out properly belonged to the kitchen department, and was presented there but-fraudulently retained or brought away by the waiter, it is easier for him thereafter to use this same carbon order with the bar department Without detection, for if he presented the same order a second time in the kitchen department, there would be a greater chance of the fraud being discovered. The present I invention makes it possible to use carbon orders of a distinctive character for each of the two departments, and this prevents the carbon order intended for either department from being thereafter used in the other department. Also in auditing these vouchers after a days business it is necessary, where the same kind or series of carbon orders are used for both departments, to go over all vouchers of both departments and pick out the kitchen orders in order to audit them; and after this is done it is necessary to again go over the vouchers to audit the bar accounts or orders. Further, where the same series of carbon orders is used for both departments, it is impossible to keep the vouchers of any department consecutively numbered in order to quickly compare and check them with the sale records kept by each of these departments, and considerable time and labor are required in arranging these checks or vouchers after a days business into their proper order so as to compare them with the records kept by the kitchen and bar departments. By providing two separate and distinct sets of carbon or duplicate checks, or blanks, one for the kitchen orders and the other for the bar orders, and by having each set serially numbered and of a distinguishing character or style, the department to which any carbon or duplicate checks belongs can be instantly recognized, and each department can keep a complete file of vouchers for their sales, which can be readily compared with the sale records of the two departments, at the end of the days business, and the labor of auditing thus cut fully in half. The separate voucher system also etfectually prevents a waiter from receiving a duplicate order of goods from a department on a single voucher.

Other objects of my invention will more fully appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the preferred form of my invention with the holder for the carbon checks in its normal position in register with the set of original checks; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the devicewith the holder for the carbon checks shown as moved out of its registering position so as to be swung on its pivot; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: is a top plan view of the device with the sheets in position to be used and with certain parts broken away.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 is a main supporting member, preferably in the form of a stiff orfiexible back plate, carrying a set of original or guest checks or blanks A preferably removably secured thereto as by means of split rings 2 mounted upon a thickened portion of the back plate adjacent to the end at which is attached a cover or front piece 3. Obviously any other suitable attachment may be provided for these checks, such as one permitting the checks to be swung out parallel to the plane of the supporting back in order to bring another check of the set into position to be used. At the opposite end of the back plate upon any suitable base, are mounted two arms 4, 4; (Fig. 3) between which is pivoted a holder 5 for carrying the two sets of carbon or duplicate checks. One set of carbon or duplicate checks B is preferably secured upon one side of the holder 5 by means of clips 6 and 7, the latter clip being pivoted to the holder so as to be swung in and out to permit the replacing of the checks as they are used up. A second set of carbon or duplicate blanks C is similarly secured upon the opposite side of the holder 5, and preferably at the opposite end thereof from which the checks B are secured. The checks C are preferably readily distinguishable from the checks B by being of a different color or shape, or by having a characteristic mark or style of some kind,

and the checks of each set are preferably separately serially numbered. The two sets of checks are preferably reversely arranged upon the pivoted holder so that either set, when swung down in register with the supporting back may be uppermost, and in correct position to receive the duplicate order as written on the original check.

Referring to Fig. 4, 8 represents the first of the original or guest checks upon which the order is to be written, with the lower part of the sheet torn away. 9 is a part of the carbon or transfer paper carried on top of the set of carbon checks B, and 10 represents the first of the carbon checks B upon which the order is to be duplicated. 5 is a part of the holder or support for the two sets of carbon checks, which is preferably in the form of a fiat piece of wood, fiber, cardboard, or thin sheet metal. The bottom check of the second set of carbon checks C is shown on the opposite side of the holder at 11. 12 is the transfer sheetresting upon the set of checks C, and at 13 is shown the lower part of the second of the original checks A.

The operation of the device is asfollows: With the device in the position shown in Fig. 1, if it is desired to take an order the waiter swings the carbon holder 5 up into the position shown in Fig. 2, and then throws the first of the original checks A back on the cover, after which he swings the carbon holder 5 back down into register with the back, plate with the kitchen checks uppermost, assuming that an order for the kitchen is to be taken. He then swings the original check back upon the carbon paper-of the duplicate kitchen checks, and proceeds 'to take the order for the kitchen. After the kitchen order is thus taken, if it is desired to take a bar order, either for liquors or cigars, the original check is thrown over upon the cover again, and the movable member 4:i swung out from the supporting back a suflicient distance to permit the holder 5 to be swung on its pivot to bring the bar checks uppermost, whereupon the movable member 4t l is moved to bring the holder 5 again into register with the back plate, and the original or guest order is now swung over upon the carbon paper of the bar checks in order to duplicate the bar order to be taken.

In the illustrated form of my invention, in swinging the holder 5 on its pivot to pre sent the desired set of checks uppermost, it will be found more convenient to swing the holder in a direction such that the loose edges of the lower set of carbon checks will not engage the loose edges of the original checks so as to tend to lift up the latter. The desired direction of rotation will depend upon the edges of the holder 5 to which the respective sets of carbon checks are secured. lVith the carbon checks secured as shown in the drawings, the rotation ofthe holder 5 should always be away from the user and toward the supporting back. It will thus be seen that by the use of my invention separate bar and kitchen checks may be conveniently provided for the bar and kitchen departments, which sets of checks may have separate serial numbers, so that no matter how many bar orders may be taken without kitchen orders, or viceversa, the serial order of the separate sets of checks will always be maintained as they are filed in the different departments, thus greatly facilitating the accounting at the end of the days work, and also preventing any possibility of the waiter presenting a voucher to either department upon which he may have received supplies in another department.

While I have described my invention with some particularity in what I now believe to be its best form, I donot wish to be understood as limiting myself to the specific arrangement and construction of the apparatus shown and described, for it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, such as changes in the manner of pivotally mounting the holder, or securing the two sets of carbon checks at the same end of the holder 5 or to the side edge thereof; or the carrying of the set of original checks A by the back-plate in any desired manner to be placed upon the carbon or duplicate checks when they are swung down into position, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to any construction or arrangement of the holder or check blanks other than as indicated in the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a manifold check device, the combi-.

nation of a main support, a pivoted blank holder adapted to carry sets of blanks on opposite sides thereof, means for pivotally carrying said holder and movably connecting the same with the main supporting member whereby either side of the blank holder may be faced upwardly and moved into register with said main supporting member.

2. In a manifold check device, the combination of a main support, a pivoted blank holder, sets of carbon blanks carried on opposite sides of said holder, means for pivotally carrying said holder and movably connecting the same with the main supporting member, whereby either set of carbon blanks may be faced upwardly and moved into register with said main supporting member, a set of original blanks carried upon the main supporting member and adapted to be swung upon the upper of said set of carbon blanks when the latter is moved into register with the main support, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to one of the carbon blanks.

3. In a manifold check device, the combination of a main supporting member, a part mounted on and movable with respect to said member, a blank holder pivotally mounted upon said part whereby the holder may be moved into register with the supporting member with either of two of its surfaces facing upwardly, one or more blanks carried in each of said surfaces of the holder, and one or more other blanks carried by the main supporting member and movable upon the upper of said first mentioned blanks when the latter is moved into register with the main supporting member.

4. In a manifold check device, the combination of a main supporting member, a blank holder having sets of carbon blanks on opposite sides thereof and pivotally mounted to present either set of blanks u permost, means upon which said holder 1s pivotally mounted and movably connecting the holder with the said main supporting member for moving the former into register with the latter a set of original blankscarried by the main support and movable upon the upper of the registering blanks, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

5. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a member movably mounted on said back, a blank holder having sets of blanks on opposite sides thereof, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, said holder being swingingly mounted on said movable member and movable thereby to present either set of blanks uppermost and to be moved into and out of register with the supporting back, a set of blanks on the supporting back operatively related to the blanks on the holder, to be swung upon the upper of said sets of blanks when the holder is brought into register with the back.

6. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a member mov ably mounted on said back, a blank holder having sets of blanks on opposite sides thereof, the blanks of one set being reversely arranged on the holder and of a different style from those of the other set, said holder being swingingly mounted on said movable member and movable thereby to present either set of carbon blanks uppermost and to be moved into and out of register with the supporting back, a set of original blanks on the upper surface of said back arranged to be swung upon the upper of said carbon blanks when the holder is brought into register with the supporting back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

7. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a member movably mounted on said back, a blank holder carrying two sets of carbon blanks, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, and the respective sets of blanks being reversely arranged on opposite sides of said holder, the holder being swingingly mounted on said movable member and movable thereby to present either set of blanks uppermost, and to be moved into register with the supporting back, a set of original blanks carried on the upper surface of the supporting back and foldable upon the upper blank of said carbon sets when the holder is brought into register with the supporting back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

8. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a member movably mounted on said back, a blank holder of blanks being reversely arranged on oppocarrying two sets of carbon blanks, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, and the respective sets site sides of said holder, and removably secured at opposite ends thereof, the holder being swingingly mounted on the said movable member to present either set of carbon blanks uppermost, and movable by said member into register with said back, a set of original blanks arranged on the upper surface of the supporting back to be swung upon the upper blank of said carbon sets when the holder is brought into register with the back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

9. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a blank holder carrying two sets of carbon blanks, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, and arranged on opposite sides of said holder, a movable member on which said holder is mounted for moving the latter into register with the supporting back, means intermediate the ends of the holder for swingingly mounting the same on said movable member to present either set of blanks uppermost, a set of original blanks carried on the upper surface of the supporting back to be swung upon the upper blank of said carbon sets when the holder is brought into register with the back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

10. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a blank holder carrying two sets of carbon blanks, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, and arranged on opposite sides of said holder, a movable memher on which said holder is mounted for moving the latter into register with the supporting back, means substantially at the center of the holder for swingingly mounting the same on the movable member to present either set of blanks uppermost, a set of original blanks carried on the upper sur- 1 face of the supporting back, and foldable upon the upper blank of said carbon sets when the holder is brought into register with the back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the carbon blank.

11. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a blank holder carrying two sets of carbon blanks, one set on each side thereof, a movable member mounted at one end of the supporting back for carrying the holder and moving the same into and out of register with said back, means substantially at the center of the holder for swingingly mounting the same on said movable member so as to present either set of blanks uppermost, a set of original blanks carried by the supporting back at the opposite end thereof from said movable member so as to be swung upon the upper blank of said carbon set when the holder is brought into register with the back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the adjacent carbon blank.

12. In a manifold check device, the combination of a supporting back, a blank holder carrying two sets of carbon blanks, the blanks of one set being distinguishable from those of the other set, and the respective sets of blanks being reversely arranged and detachably mounted on opposite sides of the said holder, a movable member pivotally mounted on one end of the supporting back for carrying the holder and moving the same into and out of register with said back, means substantially at the center of the holder for swingingly mounting the same on said movable member so as to present either set of blanks uppermost, a set of original blanks carried on the upper surface of the supporting back and removably secured thereto at the opposite end of the back from said movable member to be swung upon the upper blank of said carbon sets when the holder is brought into register with the back, and a transfer paper for transferring a memorandum from the original to the adjacent carbon blank.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED B. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

BERTHA E. CLARK, CLAUDE L. ALLEN. 

